diff --git a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/client/ClientHelperImpl.java b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/client/ClientHelperImpl.java
index b7e4934d80cfc60f926fd581e6345d6bcbd925f4..81da440bcdf92a66bb99db523505578733ea2614 100644
--- a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/client/ClientHelperImpl.java
+++ b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/client/ClientHelperImpl.java
@@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ class ClientHelperImpl implements ClientHelper {
 		checkSize(properties, 0, MAX_PROPERTIES_PER_TRANSPORT);
 		TransportProperties p = new TransportProperties();
 		for (String key : properties.keySet()) {
-			checkLength(key, 0, MAX_PROPERTY_LENGTH);
+			checkLength(key, 1, MAX_PROPERTY_LENGTH);
 			String value = properties.getString(key);
-			checkLength(value, 0, MAX_PROPERTY_LENGTH);
+			checkLength(value, 1, MAX_PROPERTY_LENGTH);
 			p.put(key, value);
 		}
 		return p;